Berryman Donna R
a Health Sciences Library, University at Buffalo , Buffalo , New York , USA.
Med Ref Serv Q. 2019 Jul-Sep;38(3):271-279. doi: 10.1080/02763869.2019.1623614.
This article will help librarians understand how different philosophical stances influence the process of developing a research question and the different methodologies and methods available to help answer that question. Understanding this will help librarian researchers make appropriate choices regarding methods and methodology for the research questions they are seeking to answer. Also included is a table showing the two main types of inquiry (qualitative and quantitative) with their associated methodologies and methods, the basic assumptions underlying each, and the pros and cons of each methodology.
本文将帮助图书馆员理解不同的哲学立场如何影响研究问题的提出过程，以及有哪些不同的方法论和方法可用于回答该问题。理解这一点将有助于图书馆员研究人员针对他们试图回答的研究问题在方法和方法论方面做出恰当的选择。文中还包含一个表格，展示了两种主要的探究类型（定性和定量）及其相关的方法论和方法、每种类型的基本假设以及每种方法论的优缺点。
